Answers revealed in the comments.
GAME 1
According to the lyrics of the Gordon Lightfoot song “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”, the ship left from a state on its way to a city. Name both of those locations, only one of which is historically accurate.
GAME 2
As of September 2018, there are five countries that claim to be communist states. Name four of those five countries.
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Game one answers
Wisconsin
Cleveland
GAME 2 answers:
China
Cuba
Laos
North Korea
Vietnam